UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8817 (CVE-2015-8817)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2016-12-29 22:59 – Updated: 2026-06-09 19:01 – Source website
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Details

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built to use 'address_space_translate' to map an address to a MemoryRegionSection is vulnerable to an OOB r/w access issue. It could occur while doing pci_dma_read/write calls. Affects QEMU versions >= 1.6.0 and <= 2.3.1. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the guest instance resulting in DoS.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built to use \u0027address_space_translate\u0027 to map an address to a MemoryRegionSection is vulnerable to an OOB r/w access issue. It could occur while doing pci_dma_read/write calls. Affects QEMU versions \u003e= 1.6.0 and \u003c= 2.3.1. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the guest instance resulting in DoS.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8817",
  "modified": "2026-06-09T19:01:35Z",
  "published": "2016-12-29T22:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8817"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-01/msg00060.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8817"
    }
  ],
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-8817"
  ]
}



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